eCards Educator Resources

Educator Resource Area

1. Learn (up to 1 hour)

Visit the Landing Page
Learners visit the eCards Landing Page to get started.

Choose Topic, Research!
Learners can then choose a research topic by visiting our eCard Research Topics page. You may also want to encourage learners to consult other sources online, especially if their chosen topic isn’t one of our developed research topics yet. Before diving in, we have a blog post about combatting climate disinformation you may be interested in reviewing with learners first!

Learners can also use the Spiral Inquiry activity to help them with their research.

2. Write (1-2 hours)

Choosing an Audience
Alone or in small groups, learners consider what they want to communicate and to whom.

Writing a Message

The Advocating Change Handout (button below) and the eCards Educator's Guide both suggest ways to lead the class in working through questions of audience, tone and online communication. However, this writing step of eCards can be as unique and tailored to your group as you want to make it. We’ve developed a worksheet (button below) that you can use as a resource to help learners develop their message. For your convenience, the worksheet is also available as a Google Doc.

What decision maker do you want to email?
A decision maker mind map (button below) can also be helpful when learners are deciding who they’d like to send their eCard to.

3. Design (1-2 hours)

It's time to create their Digital or Physical Media. What type of art will depict their message? Examples of past eCards and tips and tools are in the Artwork Creation section to help learners with their graphics.

Learners can explore our published eCards as inspiration of past ecards. Artwork can be created digitally, by hand, or by third party (just ensure it’s copyright free). Students can also choose to submit a video, podcast or any other media type.

4. Send (5 -10 min)

Your learners will need to fill out the eCard submission form with all the eCard details. This includes their teacher contact information, along with their digital/physical media, their message, and email(s) of anyone they wish to send their eCard to.

On this form there is a section for learners to consent to have their eCard posted to our website, and emailed out. Learners may consent to either of these options, or opt out entirely.

Once the learner has submitted their eCard, an email will be sent to GreenLearning Admin to post and send the eCard, if consent has been given. They will contact you if they see anything that requires editing.

Learners who agree to publish their eCard on GreenLearning’s website will be covered under Creative Commons / Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 licensing as per GreenLearning’s Privacy Policy.

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